BirdSeed is not only FOREVER FREE Live Chat, but also includes 11 other engagement tools that cater to early stage buyers, people want to communicate in a different way or when you aren't available - all in one button! Read more about BirdSeed

BirdSeed is not only FOREVER FREE Live Chat, but also includes 11 other engagement tools that cater to early stage buyers, people want to communicate in a different way or when you aren't available - all in one button! Read more about BirdSeed

Zendesk is a cloud-based customer service software solution trusted by over 40,000 organizations worldwide. Companies such as Groupon, Box, and Zappos are using Zendesk to lower costs, raise productivity, and increase customer satisfaction. Loved by both customer service teams and their customers for its beautifully simple interface, Zendesk is ea… Read more about Zendesksy to try, buy, implement, and use. Zendesk seamlessly integrates all of your support channels including email, web, chat, and social media.
Deploy to as many customer service agents as you need whether it's 5, 50, or 500. Zendesk has been deployed by companies with thousands of agents and with tens of thousands of tickets each day.

Zendesk is a cloud-based customer service software solution trusted by over 40,000 organizations worldwide. Companies such as Groupon, Box, and Zappos are using Zendesk to lower costs, raise productivity, and increase customer satisfaction. Loved by both customer service teams and their customers for its beautifully simple interface, Zendesk is ea… Read more about Zendesksy to try, buy, implement, and use. Zendesk seamlessly integrates all of your support channels including email, web, chat, and social media.
Deploy to as many customer service agents as you need whether it's 5, 50, or 500. Zendesk has been deployed by companies with thousands of agents and with tens of thousands of tickets each day.

Teckst is a cloud-based SMS and texting marketing solution for contact centers and customer service companies with a range of features including Facebook Messenger and WeChat connectivity, SMS/MMS, active ticket status tracking, desktop and audio notifications, single sign-on, and more… Read more about Teckst

Teckst is a cloud-based SMS and texting marketing solution for contact centers and customer service companies with a range of features including Facebook Messenger and WeChat connectivity, SMS/MMS, active ticket status tracking, desktop and audio notifications, single sign-on, and more… Read more about Teckst

Chaport is a modern live chat solution with auto-messages, group chat capabilities, saved replies & offline messaging. It has desktop apps for Mac, Windows, Web, & full-featured mobile apps for iOS, & Android. Read more about Chaport

Chaport is a modern live chat solution with auto-messages, group chat capabilities, saved replies & offline messaging. It has desktop apps for Mac, Windows, Web, & full-featured mobile apps for iOS, & Android. Read more about Chaport

Bontact is a multi-channel communication platform that enables customers to contact businesses anytime, from any device through chat, phone call, email, messenger, SMS, and more. Bontact operates as a fully-customizable widget, ensuring all conversations are synced to a CRM or business tool.Read more about Bontact

Bontact is a multi-channel communication platform that enables customers to contact businesses anytime, from any device through chat, phone call, email, messenger, SMS, and more. Bontact operates as a fully-customizable widget, ensuring all conversations are synced to a CRM or business tool.Read more about Bontact

Instant Messaging & Chat Category Leaders Q1 2019

GetApp's quarterly ranking showcases the leading 10-15 Instant Messaging & Chat apps based in the cloud. Each app is scored using five factors, worth 20 points each, for a total possible score out of 100. These factors include user reviews, integrations, mobile app availability, functionality, and security. Each app's score is independent of commercial interests and existing relationships that GetApp has with app vendors.

Who is the ranking for?

GetApp's Category Leader ranking is for business owners and decision makers looking for a comprehensive list of the leading cloud-based software products in the industry.

The ranking serves as a point of reference highlighting key factors that small businesses should look at when assessing a piece of software. These factors include user perception (reviews), compatibility (integrations and mobile compatibility), market presence (media presence), and security features (security).

How are the scores calculated?

An app's score is calculated using five unique data points, each scored out of 20, giving a total score out of 100. The ranking and scoring methodology ensure complete impartiality and independence from any relationships that GetApp has with app vendors.

User Reviews *

Review scores are calculated using reviews collected from GetApp and its sister sites, Software Advice and Capterra. Scores are calculated based on the total number, average rating, and recency of reviews.

The number of reviews and average user rating are scaled against the category average. A weighting is then applied to reward recency of user reviews: reviews written in the last 6 months score up to 10 points, those written between 6 and 12 months ago score up to 6 points, and those more than 12 months old score up to 4 points. These numbers are added together to give a total maximum score of 20.

Integrations

Integration scores factor in a number of variables. Up to 16 points are awarded based on the number of integrations an app has; the first 10 points are awarded based on the number of integrations relative to the category average, while 4 points are awarded based on the number of integrations relative to the leaders in the category. An additional 5 points is awarded for an integration with Zapier, a widely used software integration platform, while an extra point is given for having an open API. The total possible score for integrations is 20 points.

Mobile Platforms *

Mobile scores are calculated based on the availability of an iOS and Android app. 5 points are awarded for the presence of each app, with an additional 10 points being awarded for the number and average rating of reviews in both the App Store and Google Play. These review scores are calculated and scaled against the competition for a maximum of 5 points per platform and an overall maximum score of 20.

If there isn't a native iOS or Android app, the product's website is assessed using Google's PageSpeed Insights to measure mobile usability. The score is returned out of 100, then scaled to a score out of 5 for a maximum of 5 points.

Media Presence

Media presence is calculated using the number of Twitter followers and Facebook fans that an app has. The number of fans and followers are added together, and each app is scored based on this overall number, compared with others in the category. The first 15 points are awarded for the combined number of followers and fans scaled against the category average, while the final 5 points are awarded for the combined number of followers and fans scaled against the top leaders in the category. These two scores are added together for a total out of 20 points.

Security

Security scoring is calculated using answers from a vendor-completed survey. The questions in the survey are based on the Cloud Security Alliance self-assessment form as part of the Security, Trust & Assurance Registry. With 15 questions, each answer is assigned a point value based on vendor response, with additional points given for security certifications, for a maximum possible score of 20.

In the event of a tie, each data point is weighted for importance, with security taking precedent, followed by reviews, integrations, mobile apps, and media presence, respectively.

* All data points combining calculations for both ratings and reviews are calculated using a Bayesian estimate, which is a weighted average that includes the number of reviews and the rating of an app, benchmarked against others in the category.

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